Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Battle Pentagram (劇場版魔法少女まどか☆マギカThe Battle Pentagram,Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika: The Battle Pentagram) is a PlayStation Vita 3D Action game developed by Artdink and published by Namco Bandai. The original scenario is supervised by Magica Quartet. The game was released in Japan on December 19, 2013.

Prologue

This is the story of some magical girls, whom have been hunting witches throughout the ages. How many times has this been repeating over and over again, Homura Akemi has stopped counting a long time ago. After challenging several times the most powerful of witches, "Walpurgisnacht", without any success, thinking again it was the end, she entrusted everything to Madoka Kaname.

"If we all five magical girls get together, wouldn't we be capable of defeating Walpurgisnacht?"

With that in mind, Homura goes back in time once again. The five girls must forge a bond between them to cooperate and defeat Walpurgisnacht. Now, the girls are left behind, and one of them will be their guide...

Gameplay Features

The game will feature daytime and nighttime sequences. At daytime, players can talk with the magical girls and strengthen their bonds, while at nighttime players battle witches, the results of which can affect your bonds with the magical girls.

Battle System

Area magic: By pressing triangle button and left stick, you can attack multiple enemies around, with consumption of some MP.

Aerial magic : Press Triangle and left stick front, consume some MP.

Aerial magic 2 : Press Triangle and left stick down, consume some MP.

Special magic: By pressing the square button, one of special magics can be cast with consumption of MP. There are many magics for every magical girl, and have their own levels. The higher level she gained, the more powerful and wider range it goes. There is a magical gauge which will be exhausted when special magic is released.

The 5 attributes (STR, MAG, VIT, CON, AGI) will increase naturally as you level. Each girl earns different attribute points at different levels. Additionally, you can increase attributes by spending strengthening points; 1 strengthening point will increase 1 attribute by 1.

Your HP and MP will increase immediately when you spend points on VIT and CON, even if you are at max level (99). However, not all VIT values yield HP boosts; you may not gain HP when increasing VIT from 33 to 34, but you may gain HP when you increase VIT from 34 to 35, for example. The same is true for CON and MP.

You earn strengthening points (those purple orbs) whenever one of your characters gains a level. They can be spent to increase the battle attributes however you choose (STR, MAG, VIT, CON, AGI). Depending on what level they are, you earn different numbers of points. Keep in mind that each character can only obtain a maximum of 255 in each attribute, and any further bonus attributes gained through level up will be wasted. Once all your characters are at maximum level, you can no longer earn more strengthening points.

There are exactly enough strengthening points to raise every character to 255 in all 5 attributes. If you misspent any of your points, you will be given back the excess when you clear story mode.

Strengthening Points Earned per Level

Level

Points Earned

1 to 9

0

10 to 29

1

30 to 49

2

50 to 69

3

70 to 99

4

Special Magics

Special magics are the unique spells of each character. They may be the strongest damaging attacks available to you, but they come at a price. You equip 3 at a time, and you are free to switch them between missions.

Special magics require a large chunk of MP to use. Furthermore, as you increase the level of a support magic, the cost will often increase faster than the damage.

Each special magic has its own cool down gauge. The current gauge is shown in the bottom right corner of the screen, and you can cycle through your chosen magics with left and right on the d-pad.

When you target a specific enemy, a red ring circles around them. Depending on the distance between you and the target, sometimes the ring will fill with white; if you hit the target in this condition, it will become a critical hit. The critical distance is different for each special magic.

Special Magics

Required Level

Spell Book Cost

Madoka

Homura

Mami

Sayaka

Kyoko

Level 1

n/a

Homing Arrow Lv1

Sticky Grenade Lv1

Tiro Lv1

Shooting Stinger Lv1

Flying Spear Lv1

Level 5

1

Homing Arrow Lv2

Sticky Grenade Lv2

Tiro Lv2

Shooting Stinger Lv2

Flying Spear Lv2

Level 15

3

Homing Arrow Lv3

Sticky Grenade Lv3

Tiro Doppietta Lv1

Shooting Stinger Lv3

Flying Spear Lv3

Level 30

5

Homing Arrow Lv4

Sticky Grenade Lv4

Tiro Doppietta Lv2

Shooting Stinger Lv4

Flying Spear Lv4

Level 50

10

Homing Comet

Super Sticky Grenade

Tiro Volley

Splash Stinger

Flying Spear Longinus

Level 1

n/a

Magical Score Lv1

M249 Machine Gun Lv1

Legare Lv1

Typhoon Lv1

Grounded Spear Lv1

Level 5

1

Magical Score Lv2

M249 Machine Gun Lv2

Legare Lv2

Typhoon Lv2

Grounded Spear Lv2

Level 15

3

Magical Score Lv3

M249 Machine Gun Lv3

Legare Lv3

Typhoon Lv3

Grounded Spear Lv3

Level 30

5

Magical Score Lv4

M249 Machine Gun Lv4

Legare Lv4

Typhoon Lv4

Grounded Spear Lv4

Level 50

10

Shooting Star

M249 Machine Gun Master

Legare Vastaria

Super Typhoon

Supreme Spear

Level 1

n/a

Twinkle Arrow Lv1

AT-4 Rocket Launcher Lv1

Infinite Bullets Lv1

Wide Slash Lv1

Clone Attack Lv1

Level 5

1

Twinkle Arrow Lv2

AT-4 Rocket Launcher Lv2

Infinite Bullets Lv2

Wide Slash Lv2

Clone Attack Lv2

Level 15

3

Twinkle Arrow Lv3

AT-4 Rocket Launcher Lv3

Infinite Bullets Lv3

Wide Slash Lv3

Clone Attack Lv3

Level 30

5

Twinkle Arrow Lv4

AT-4 Rocket Launcher Lv4

Infinite Bullets Lv4

Wide Slash Lv4

Clone Attack Lv4

Level 50

10

Starlight Arrow

AT-4 Rocket Launcher Master

Parottora Infinita

Sukuwarutore

Rosso Fantasma

Level 1

n/a

I Don't Understand Why Lv1

Time Stop 4

Tiro Finale Lv1

Rhapsody Lv1

Last Judgment Lv1

Level 5

1

I Don't Understand Why Lv2

Time Stop 6

Tiro Finale Lv2

Rhapsody Lv2

Last Judgment Lv2

Level 15

3

I Don't Understand Why Lv3

Time Stop 8

Tiro Finale Lv3

Rhapsody Lv3

Last Judgment Lv3

Level 30

5

I Don't Understand Why Lv4

Time Stop 10

Tiro Finale Lv4

Rhapsody Lv4

Last Judgment Lv4

Level 50

10

I Really Don't Understand Why

Time Stop 15

Tiro Finale Grande

Rhapsody - Last Movement

Flame of Purgation

Support Skills

Support Skills are available to everyone (eventually). You can equip up to 3 at a time, and you are free to switch them between missions. Your support skills don't affect your partner, and your partner's support skills don't affect you.

You learn Support Skills during certain level-ups, and you can enhance them by spending spell books (1 for a level 2 skill, 3 for a level 3 skill, 5 for a second-last level skill, and 10 for a level MAX skill). Each girl learns Support Skills in a different order. Some Support Skills are earned by clearing the game, or by buying a full set of DLC costumes (for 400 jpy per costume per character).

Note: The Mitakihara uniforms for Mami and Homura are currently free, due to issues with VoiceWorld at launch. (VoiceWorld is a service where players can use a real world phone to have private telephone conversations with Mami and Homura.)

Support Skill

Learned at Level

Name

Description

Levels

Madoka

Homura

Mami

Sayaka

Kyoko

Melee Power Up

Increases △ button damage

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

65

63

39

10

1

Magic Power Up

Increases □ button damage

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

1

7

51

20

11

Defense Up

Reduces damage taken

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

45

73

1

14

56

Max HP Up

Increases HP

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

53

70

47

1

16

Max MP Up

Increases MP, scales to double MP at level MAX

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

26

1

3

44

29

EXP Up

Increases exp gained

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

17

36

35

27

22

Cooldown Reduction

Reduce the cooldown of special magic

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

29

25

66

49

7

Reduce MP Consumption

Reduce MP consumption of magic

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

41

19

59

31

46

MP Recovery Rate Up

Increase the rate of MP regen

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

61

46

31

54

31

High Tension

Tension bar is filled faster

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

5

59

21

5

37

Magic Range Extension

Increase the range of magic

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

37

31

11

12

5

Unbreakable Defense

Reduce the damage taken when using Guard

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

21

13

55

39

51

Poison Resistant

Disable the chance of affected by poison

1, 2, MAX

33

51

46

5

19

Stun Resistant

Disable the chance of affected by stun

1, 2, MAX

57

56

64

17

61

Confusion Resistant

Disable the chance of affected by confusion

1, 2, MAX

9

41

69

35

13

Bind Resistant

Disable the chance of affected by bind

1, 2, MAX

49

76

11

23

43

Slow Resistant

Disable the chance of affected by slow

1, 2, MAX

13

67

26

7

26

Soul Gem Capacity Up

Increase the capacity of Soul Gem

?

Get the Bad End

Affection Up

Increases affection gained with your partner

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

Defeat Walpurgis

Start Tension MAX

Begin each map will full tension

MAX

Defeat Walpurgis

Leadership

Your partner's attack and defense increase

1, 2, 3, 4, MAX

Defeat Walpurgis

Affection Down

Decreases affection with your partner

MAX

Defeat Walpurgis

Super Armor

Enemy attacks do not slow your movement

1, MAX

Defeat Walpurgis, max affection between your character and the other 4

Step Count Up

Increases number of times you can step (dash) before landing

MAX

Defeat Walpurgis, max affection between your character and the other 4

Jump Count Up

Increases number of times you can jump before landing

MAX

Defeat Walpurgis, max affection between your character and the other 4

Mitakihara Uniform Complete

EXP Up, High Tension, Leadership

MAX

Purchase the Mitakihara school uniform for all 5 girls

Gym Collection Complete

????

MAX

Purchase the gym uniform for all 5 girls

Pajama Collection Complete

????

MAX

Purchase the pajama costume for all 5 girls

Swimsuit Collection Complete

Defense Up, Max HP Up, Super Armor

MAX

Purchase the swimsuit costume for all 5 girls

A La Carte Collection Complete

????

MAX

Purchase the a la carte costume for all 5 girls

Spell Books are earned whenever you complete a mission. Since you can always attempt missions, there is no limit to the number of spell books you can earn, and buying/upgrading all Special Magics and Support Skills for all characters is possible.

Trophies

As usual for PS Vita games, The Battle Pentagram comes with its own set of trophies that can be earned.

Trivia

At the time the game's announcement by Dengeki and Famitsu, the console in which The Battle Pentagram would be release was subject to confusion. Famitsu incorrectly listed the game under the PS3 label. They have since issued an apology for the mistake.[1]

Observation

In Timeline 3, Madoka asks Homura to "Save everyone so they can fight Walpurgis Nacht together" instead of "Keep me from getting tricked by Kyubey."

It was a dream by Homura all along

Gallery

Characters

Profile sheets

Profile sheet of Madoka

Profile sheet of Homura

Profile sheet of Sayaka

Profile sheet of Kyoko

Profile sheet of Mami

Gameplay and Scans

Dengeki Playsation Vol.552

Dengeki Playstation Vol.550

Dengeki Playstation Vol.550

Dengeki Playstation Vol.550

Weekly Famitsu Issue 2013-09-26. The PS3 category was later stated to be an error.

#1 Madoka:Everybody... everybody died, even though we beat the Walpurgisnacht...#2 Madoka:No, that's not wrong!!!#3 Homura:!?#4 (red box) Kyuubey:I can sense an incredible number of familiars there. Will you still fight them?

#1 Homura:(I wonder where Madoka went...)#2 Kyouko:Hey, Sayaka, I came by to hang out.#3 Mami:Come on, give it to me.Homura:But...Mami:Just. Do. It.#4 Kyouko:You come to an arcade to have fun and then you don't even do anything? What kind of an idiot are you?